ANKARA - HDP Parliamentary Group held a march from the Parliament to Güvenpark, located in Kızılay Square protesting the striiping of the MP status of deputies of HDP and CHP. Group Deputy Chairperson Saruhan Oluç who made the statement despite the police attack, said: "This is a government of war. They united the party with the state. As the HDP, we will not kneel before the persecution of this government."

 

On Thursday, the mandate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies Leyla Güven, Musa Farişoğulları and CHP deputy Enis Berberoğlu was revoked. The MPs were then detained in the evening hours and imprisoned at night.

 

The HDP members protested against the repression with a statement and marched together to the Güven Park in central Ankara today noon. They carried signs saying "This is a coup" and chanted "Coup Plotter AKP". The police attacked the rally, tearing the jacket of the MP Rıdvan Turan, and breaking the eye glasses of MP Kemal Bülbül.

 

HDP deputy Ömer Öcalan described the police attack as provocation. HDP MP Murat Çepni said: "The police attacked our colleagues. They took to the streets against the coup. Now these thugs are trying to attack them."